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AAS
Curriculum
Multidisciplinary in scope, African American Studies
offers a selection of courses in English, history, geography,
political science, sociology, philosophy, religion, and language.
By completing 21 hours of course work students can earn a minor
in African American Studies. A minor in African American Studies
offers a cultural, historical, and literary base that can strengthen
any major in the Humanities or the Social Sciences.
African American Studies list three required courses:
AAS 200, AAS 400 and AAS 401. Each course offers an "Afrocentric"
interpretation of black life in America that reveals the complex
realities of race, class, and gender issues.
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AAS 200: Introduction to
African American Studies. An interdisciplinary course
which establishes the intellectual context for an examination
of the African American experience; it also introduces students
to the various approaches scholars use to analyze that experience.
This course employs a topical framework which permits focus
on issues reflecting the diversity and richness of the African
American experience across geographic boundaries.
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AAS 400: Special Topics
in African American Studies. Detailed investigation
of a particular topic in African American Studies, with emphasis
both on content and existing research. Topics will vary from
semester to semester and are announced the preceding semester.
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits when identified
by a different subtitle. Prereq: twelve hours of African American
studies minor courses, including AAS 200.
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AAS 401: Independent
Readings and Research. For
African American Studies minors. The student pursues a course
of reading and research under the guidance of a staff member,
completes a major research project, and takes an examination.
A written contract defining the area of study is negotiated
between student and instructor at the beginning of the course.
May be repeated to a maximum of six credits. Prereq: African
American Studies minor, 12 hours of AAS minor courses including
AAS 200.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
(21 credit required)
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- AAS 420: (African American
Relgious Experience)
This course explores and examines how African Americans
shaped and fashioned their religion to meet their own peculiar
need as they responded to historical occurrences.
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AAS/ENG
264: (Major Black Writers)
A cross-cultural and historical approach to written and
oral works by major Black authors of Africa, the Caribbean
and the United States. The course includes writers such
as Chinua Achebe (Africa, Wilson Harris (Caribbean), and
Toni Morrison (USA).
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AAS/ENG
356: (Studies in Black American Literature)
An analytical-historical approach to the development of
black American Literature from Douglass and DuBois to
Ellison, Baldwin, and Cleaver.
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AAS/ENG
490G Topics in Gender: (if appropriate)
Variable in conten and context, this course focuses on
any of several aspects of gender in literary studies,
such as gender and genre, gender issues in a particular
literary period, black women writers, feminist literary
theory. May be repeated under different subtitles to a
maximum of six hours.
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AAS/FR
263: (African and Caribbean Literature and Culture of
French Expression in Translation)
This course treats major cultural questions concerning
the exchange between Africa and the Caribbean in terms
of historical, sociological, political, and literary events.
No knowledge of French is required.
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AAS/HIS
254: (History of Sub-Saharan Africa)
A survey of the social institutions, value systems and
political organization of Sub-Saharan Africa since the
16th century but with particular emphasis on the 19th
and 20th centuries.
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AAS/HIS
260: (Afro-American History to 1865)
A study of the Black experience in America through the
Civil War. An examination of the African heritage, slavery,
and the grwoth of Black institutions.
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AAS/HIS
261: (Afro-American History, 1865-Present)
This course traces the Black experience from Reconstruction
to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. The rise of
segregation and the ghetto aspects of race relations are
examined.
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AAS/HIS
585: (The Age of Jim Crow, 1880-1930)
This course focuseds on the causes, progression, completion
and perfection of the color caste systme popularly known
as Jim Crow during the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. The course will examine the national and Southern
miliieu in which Jim Crow was born and justified as well
as the impact of the system on the black community according
to class and socio-economic status. (Prereq: HIS 260 and
HIS 261 or consent of instructor.)
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AAS/HIS
586: (The Images of Blacks in American Society)
This lecture course focuses on the images, stereotypes,
and caricatures of African Americans in American society
from the era of the American Revolution to the late 20th
century. We will examine not only white-produced images
as well. We will also examine the impact of these images
within the black community. (Prereq: HIS 260 and HIS 261
or consent of instructor.)
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AAS/MUS
300: (History of Jazz)
A listening survey course covering the chronological evolution
of jazz from its West African and European roots, through
its germination in America, to the present. Emphasis will
be on the various styles and functions of jazz, particularly
as they have been affected by changing social-cultural
patterns during the twentieth century.
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ENG
363: Special Topics in Literature: (if appropriate)
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ENG
390: Undergraduate Seminar: (if appropriate)
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ENG 570:
Selected Topics: (if appropriate)
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- AAS/ANT 431G: (Cultures
and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa)
A survey of indigenous societies and cultures of Africa
south of the Sahara, with special attention to their adaptation
of colonialism and post-colonial national development. (Prereq:
ANT 220 or consent of instructor.)
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AAS/EDC
550: (Education in a culturally diverse society)
A critical study of the concept of disadvantagement, relevant
teaching practices, institutional programs, and curricula.
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AAS/GEO
328: (Geography of the Middle East and North Africa)
A comprehensive regional overview, emphasizing cultural
adaptation to desert environments. The interrelationships
amon religions, cultures, and the physical enviroment
will be examined, alon with the regions's position and
influence in the global system. (prereq: GEO 152, GEO
160, GEO 172, or consent of instructor.)
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GEO
336: (Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa)
This course focuses on the cultural and environmental
geographies of the subcontinent, rural landscpaes and
cultrues and environmental problems, the historical geography
of precolonial and colonial Africa, and the social geography
of contemporary economic development. (Prereq: GEO 130,
and 152, 160, or 172.)
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AAS/PS
417G: (Survey of Sub-Saharan Politics)
A survey of sub-Saharan government and politics intended
to give the studetn broad knowledge about the setting
of African politics, precolonial African political systems,
the political legacies of major European colonial powers,
and problems of political development.
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AAS/SOC
432: (Race and Ethnic Relations)
Analysis of relationships between racial and ethnic groups
and the behavioral products thereof. Sources adn consequences
of prejudice and discrimination. Situation and prospects
of minorities. Strategies of change and tension reduction.
(Prereq: Six hours of social science or consent of instructor.)
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FR
504: Topics in French Literature and Culture (if appropriate)
Intensive study of an author, genre, period or movement
of French literature or an aspect of French culture. May
be repeated to a maximum of nine credits under a different
subtitle.
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PS
280: Issues in Public Policy (if appropriate)
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AAS/ENG
656: (Black American Literature)
An in-depth study of black American literature, with concentration
on major texts by major black writers.
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AAS/HIS 585: (The Age of
Jim Crow)
This course focuseds on the causes, progression, completion
and perfection of the color caste systme popularly known as
Jim Crow during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The course will examine the national and Southern miliieu in
which Jim Crow was born and justified as well as the impact
of the system on the black community according to class and
socio-economic status. (Prereq: HIS 260 and HIS 261 or consent
of instructor.)
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AAS/HIS 586: (The Images
of Blacks in American Society)
This lecture course focuses on the images, stereotypes, and
caricatures of African Americans in American society from the
era of the American Revolution to the late 20th century. We
will examine not only white-produced images as well. We will
also examine the impact of these images within the black community.
(Prereq: HIS 260 and HIS 261 or consent of instructor.)
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AAS/HIS 587: (African American
Civil Rights Movement)
This course traces the struggle for African American equality
in the U.S. since 1930.
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AAS/HIS 600: (The Intellectual
History of African Americans)
This course traces the intellectual tradition of African Americans
before and after 1865. Primary and secondary readings will be
used to review the critical thought of African Americans confronting
issues of race, class and gender.
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AAS/HIS 657: (Race Relations
in the US Since 1865)
The seminar focuses on the African American experience in the
United States from Reconstruction to the present. Using primary
documents and secondary readings, this course will examine the
construction of race relations and the individuals, organizations,
events, and issues significant to the shaping of the black experience.
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AAS/EDC 550: (Education
in a Culturally Diverse Society)
A critical study of the concept of disadvantagement, relevant
teaching practices, institutional programs, and curricula.
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AAS/EDP 616: (Multicultural
Psychology)
This course is designed to increase one's sensitivity to and
respect for individual differences. Models, frameworks, techniques
and experiential exercises are presented to increase one's skill
level in working with persons from racially and ethnically diverse
backgrounds. (Prereq: EDP 600 or equivalent of the instructor.)
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ENG 490G: Topics in Gender:
(if appropriate)
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ENG 570: Selected Topics:
(if appropriate)
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HIS 654: (Readings in Modern
African American History)
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SW 610: (Social Services
in Black Communities)
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